 
       true
       "")
-    (catch Exception e
-      (do
-        (log/trace (str "ignoring exception: '" e "' and returning canonical form instead."))
-        (show-as-tree (get-in input [:espanol]) :espanol)))))
-
+  ;; TODO: commented out until I figure out exception-catching in Javascript
+;    (catch Exception e
+;      (do
+;        (log/trace (str "ignoring exception: '" e "' and returning canonical form instead."))
+;        (show-as-tree (get-in input [:espanol]) :espanol)))))
+)
 ;; TODO: this is an overly huge method that needs to be rewritten to be easier to understand and maintain.
 (defn get-string-1 [word & [ {usted :usted
                               tú :tu


(declare get-string)

(defn fo [input]
  (try
    (cond 

      (= input :fail)

      (get-in word [:espanol])

      true
      (exception (str "get-string-1: don't know what to do with input argument: " word))))))

(defn get-string [a & [ b ]]
  (cond (and (nil? b)
